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A Day In The Country is an award winning Corporate Events, Team Building and Conference venue based on the Oxfordshire / Northamptonshire border. The venue is set in a 250 acre estate, featuring three trout lakes surrounded by woodland. The hospitality area and conference suite are housed in a magnificent 18th century barn, which has been sympathetically converted to offer the best of both worlds; open log fires combine with the sophistication of a modern conference and hospitality suite. Corporate activities range from Clay Shooting, Archery, Air Pistol Shooting, Rage Buggies, 4×4 Driving, Tractor Driving, Falconry, Hovercraft driving to Team Building Exercises and our Ropes Course and Raft Building.

The Retreat Spa 7 offers a lovely tranquil setting for beauty treatments in a calming and relaxing environment, helping you to chill out, unwind and relax. Our welcoming and friendly therapists are there to make sure you get the very best out of your time spent with us. We look forward to welcoming you.

The benefits of these therapies include the release of physical and emotional tension, improved flexibility, greater awareness of your body & mind and balancing your energy system. Traditional Thai Massage techniques encourages our patients to become engaged and energised. The Raksa massage helps release toxins, joints, muscles and connective tissue of every day stress and strain.

Nitchakan is a professionally-qualified physical therapist with over 12 years' experience offering a range of treatments from traditional Thai massage, Thai foot massage, Indian head massage, deep tissue massage, pregnancy massage, and more. Clients report improved mobility, reduced muscle tension, and pain relief. Presented conditions where clients have reported noticeable improvements include: extreme tiredness, 'frozen' shoulder, including rotator cuff injuries, joint pain, lower back pain, neck and shoulder pain, recurring headaches, and sciatica.

A real live escape room, solve clues, puzzles and problems to escape the themed room within one hour!!

Come and see how Lord & Lady Bearsted made Upton House and Gardens the perfect country retreat for their family in the 1930s. You can also discover Lord Bearsted's famous art collection including works by Bosch, Stubbs and Canaletto. We have a stunning collection of porcelain too; so if you are visiting us for the first time you may wish to expect your visit to the house to last a minimum of an hour. Viewings of the house available by timed ticket from 11:00am with last entry to the house at 15:30 before closing at 16:00; the gardens, shop and cafe close at 17:00. Please bear in mind that the car park is 300 yards from the house.

A moated fortified manor house, about 2 miles west of Banbury. Built in 1300 and then later added to in 1550, the Castle had strong links with the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War (1642-51). Still a family home, Broughton Castle is lived in by the Fiennes family. Beautiful formal garden and park. Public open days will resume from the beginning of April 2017 (2pm - 5pm Wednesdays and Sundays). We are open for group tours at any time of the year by appointment. We have a recently refurbished tea room offering light lunches and delicious afternoon teas,

Dating from the 16th century, The Greatworth Inn is a traditional country pub, located in the heart of the small village of Greatworth, as a Freehouse the owners John and Margaret take pride in the quality and variety of their ales and are CAMRA members. The Greatworth Inn is the perfect place for dining, meeting friends, family get together's or for just popping in for a quiet pint. May 2018 saw the opening of a wonderful new beer garden incorporating a custom built Aunt Sally Throw reputed to be the 'Best in the league'. The Greatworth Inn prides itself in being the hub of the local community and plays host to the village's Annual Soap Box Derby, usually held in June, whilst organising its own Annual Beer & Music Festival in early August, an event not to be missed. John and Margaret put their success down to the valuable contribution their family make into the business.

The Butchers Arms in Balscote is a North Oxfordshire’s hidden gem it is a very unique pub and boasts being one of the areas last "Parlour" style pubs with a cosy "at home" atmosphere, and with our award winning garden, this is the place to relax and watch the world go by. Our doors are always open we are a family friendly pub and families with children are most welcome, not forgetting well behaved canine companions (on leads). The Butchers Arms is situated just 5 miles from Banbury off the A422 Banbury to Stratford road.